The theme for the Curatorial Seminar was "Transcending the Lines", aiming to broaden perspectives beyond established "lines" and explore the question: "How do we encounter the diversity of existence?"

Participants responded to this theme with their curatorial proposals, exploring topics such as ecology, artificial intelligence, locality, and the body. During the festival's opening week, they presented their proposals to festival guests, sharing their curatorial topics.

Metal Odyssey, the winning exhibition of the fourth Jimei × Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image, was also featured during the 2025 Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival.

This exhibition, which explores trauma and memories associated with illness while highlighting the heartwarming support of family members, was previously shown in Beijing earlier this year. The curators, Yi-Ning Lin and Chia-Shin Yang, supported by the programme, also participated in the 2025 Kyotographie International Photography Festival in Japan, where they engaged in a thematic dialogue with image curation experts.